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Definition of Outgo
1. Verb. Be or do something to a greater degree. "Sam cannot outgo Sue "; "This car outperforms all others in its class"
Generic synonyms: Beat, Beat Out, Crush, Shell, Trounce, Vanquish
Specialized synonyms: Beat, Circumvent, Outfox, Outsmart, Outwit, Overreach, Outgrow, Outcry, Outshout, Outroar, Outsail, Outdraw, Outsell, Outsell, Outpace, Better, Break, Outshine, Outrange, Outweigh, Outbrave, Out-herod, Outfox, Shame, Outmarch, Outwear
Derivative terms: Excessive
2. Noun. Money paid out; an amount spent.
Generic synonyms: Transferred Possession, Transferred Property
Specialized synonyms: Cost, Expense, Transfer Payment
Derivative terms: Expend
Antonyms: Income
Definition of Outgo
1. v. t. To go beyond; to exceed in swiftness; to surpass; to outdo.
2. n. That which goes out, or is paid out; outlay; expenditure; -- the opposite of income.
Definition of Outgo
1. Verb. (poetic) To go out, to set forth. ¹
2. Verb. (archaic) To go further; to exceed or surpass; go beyond. ¹
3. Verb. To overtake; to travel faster than. ¹
4. Verb. To outdo; exceed; surpass. ¹
5. Noun. The act or process of going out. ¹
6. Noun. A quantity of a substance or thing that has flowed out; an outflow. ¹
7. Noun. (context: Business or Commerce) an expenditure, cost or outlay. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Outgo
1. to go beyond [v OUTWENT, OUTGONE, OUTGOING, OUTGOES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Outgo
Literary usage of Outgo
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Nature of Capital and Income by Irving Fisher (1906)
"Hereafter, when the terms "income" or "outgo" are used alone, the value sense
will be understood. The value of any individual service or disservice ..."
2. The Influence of Inanition on Metabolism by Francis Gano Benedict (1907)
"Comparison of changes in body weight with balance of income and outgo—Metabolism
experiments Nos. 79-83, 80, and 89. 1 The data in this column should not be ..."
3. Handbook of Railroad Expenses by James Shirley Eaton (1913)
"Operating Receipts and Disbursements: Intake and outgo. ... Between the general
intake and the opposing general outgo, intervene the plant and the processes ..."
4. The Influence of Inanition on Metabolism by Francis Gano Benedict (1907)
"CHANGES IN BODY-WEIGHT COMPARED WITH BALANCE OF INCOME AND outgo. The ingestion
of food complicates somewhat the striking of the balance of income and outgo ..."
5. A Textbook of Botany for Colleges and Universities by John Merle Coulter, Charles Reid Barnes, Henry Chandler Cowles (1910)
"CHAPTER II —THE MATERIAL outgo OF PLANTS i. TRANSPIRATION The term transpiration.
— Frequent reference has already been made to the most important outgo of ..."
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